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Co-founder of TiVo and CTO Jim Barton has long outlasted our deathwatch, but his time as an executive at the DVR maker quietly came to an end this week according to documents filed with the SEC. CEO Tom Rogers thanked Jim for his “commitment to innovation” in a statement, and the filing indicates he will stick around as a $ 25,000 per month consultant in “patent matters and litigation” among other things — nice work if you can get it — until March 15, 2015, but his reason for stepping down is unspecified. As Multichannel News notes, Barton was working with fellow co-founder Mike Ramsay (who left in 2007) at Silicon Graphics on a project for Time Warner when they had the idea for the DVR and eventually founded TiVo in 1997. That early movement may not have resulted in dominance over pay-Tv provided DVRs, but some favorable legal settlements and successful partnerships like its deal with Virgin Media mean he’s leaving the company with its prospects looking a bit better than they did back in the dark days of ’05.

[Thanks, David]

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Foster City, CA (PRWEB) January 31, 2012

Live365, the worlds most diverse internet radio network and provider of premier broadcasting services, announces the release of their independent artist broadcasting package, IndiePro. This customized broadcasting package is a low cost solution for independent musicians looking to promote their music to millions of people across the globe.

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New York, NY (PRWEB) February 01, 2012

The Android platform is one of the fastest growing segments in the mobile industry. Already developers have been creating apps and games to be sold on these devices since it exploded onto the market. Many experienced Android developers are now starting to see the value in learning 3D graphics to give them a leg up in creating better apps and more in-demand games. To help developers who want to enter the 3D world, graphics experts and authors Mike Smithwick and Mayank Verma created “Pro OpenGL Es for Android” as the go-to guide book for the open platform, published by Apress Media.

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Mike Smithwicks slow descent into programming computers began when he first got a little 3-bit plastic DigiComp 1 computer in 1963. Eventually he graduated to programming NASA flight simulator graphics through the 1980s. He wrote and sold the popular Distant Suns planetarium program for the Commodore Amiga, old-school Mac, and Microsoft Windows while selling himself as a contract programmer on the side, working for Apple, 3DO, Sense-8, and Epyx. Eventually he landed a job at Live365, working on client software Windows and Windows Mobile 6, TiVo, Symbian and iPhone. After 13 years, he decided to go back to contracting, writing, and working on Distant Suns for mobile devices after it became modest success in the App Store.

Mayank Verma completed his masters degree in computer science from Arizona State University in 2008. During the program, he published several research papers in the area of security. Since then, he has been working as a software developer specializing in software application design and development. Mayank is passionate about mobile application development and became interested in Android programming when the platform was first launched by Google. When hes is not working on Android projects, he spends his spare time reading technical blogs, researching, analyzing, and testing mobile applications, and hacking gadgets.

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Apress Media LLC is a technical and business publisher devoted to meeting the needs of IT professionals, software developers, programmers, and business leaders with more than 1,000 books in print and electronic formats. Apress provides high-quality, no-fluff content that helps serious technology professionals build a comprehensive pathway to career success. For more information about the innovative approach Apress takes to publishing, please visit http://www.apress.com.

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San Francisco, CA (PRWEB) February 08, 2012

The TechFellow Awards (http://www.techfellows.com), a startup investment program that honors technology innovators for achievement and excellence in high-tech entrepreneurship, today announced details of the third annual award program and ceremony.

Led by hosts Founders Fund, TechCrunch and New Enterprise Associates (NEA), a selection committee comprised of highly distinguished technology industry luminaries will recognize twenty individuals for their leadership and critical role in developing breakthrough products and services in four categories: General Management, Disruptive Innovation, Product Design & Marketing and Engineering Leadership.

In honor of their selection, each TechFellow Award recipient will receive $ 100,000 to invest in a technology company of their choice.

This years TechFellow Award winners will be announced at an invitation-only event hosted by Emmy and Golden Globe winning actor Jim Parsons, best known from the hit television show The Big Bang Theory, and featuring a special appearance by San Francisco Mayor Ed Lee on February 22 at the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art (SFMOMA).

The TechFellow Awards recognize the technology communitys brightest stars and welcome them into a peer group that will expand their potential and reach, said Sean Parker, Executive General Partner at Founders Fund. Were shining a spotlight on individuals who are on the cusp of bringing us something revolutionary, while giving them the opportunity to identify and invest in the most exciting startups in the industry.

The 2011 TechFellows will join an elite group of best-of-breed honorees, and along with the first two years recipients, will become a technology community think tank offering expertise and high level vision through upcoming quarterly dinners and special livestream web events and unique Q&A sessions. Chosen by the most prestigious selection committees to evangelize the growing role of technology in shaping the world at large, each TechFellow brings invaluable knowledge and insight to the table.

The goal of the TechFellow Awards is to identify and recognize the people in our field who are likely to have huge impact in the near future,” said Michael Polansky, Managing Director, TechFellow Awards. “Being a TechFellow is more than just being honored for past success. It’s about joining a group of incredibly talented people who are well positioned to shape what is to come. This year’s honorees have captured the essence of true ingenuity and innovationand we are proud to recognize them for their groundbreaking work.

Past TechFellow winners have gone on to found Quora and Flipboard, while Trigger.io, Mixel, Captricity, HipChat and Woven Systems have all been beneficiaries of TechFellow Award investments. 2010 TechFellow winners included Jack Dorsey, Co-Founder, Twitter; Maria Thomas, former CEO of Etsy and Paul Graham, Co-Founder and Partner at Y Combinator, while the 2009 class featured Michael Birch, Co-Founder, Bebo and Adam DAngelo, Co-Founder of Quora and former CTO of Facebook.

Its an honor to join this esteemed selection committee and help pick this years winners, said Ron Conway, Managing Partner of SV Angel and a TechFellow Award Selection Committee Member. The caliber of TechFellows this yearvisionaries with an extraordinary collective intelligence and energywill be sure to attract investors looking to contribute to the launch of the most promising new companies.

The 2011 TechFellow Awards selection committee includes:

    Marc Andreessen (Co-Founder, Andreeseen Horowitz, Netscape)
    Michael Arrington (Founder, TechCrunch)
    John Battelle (Founder/Chairman/CEO, Federated Media)
    Ron Conway (Managing Partner, SV Angel)
    Chris DeWolfe (Co-Founder, Myspace)
    Esther Dyson (Chairman, EDventure)
    Caterina Fake (Co-Founder, Flickr, Hunch)
    Shawn Fanning (Founder, Napster, SNOCAP, Rupture, Airtime)
    Reid Hoffman (Co-Founder, LinkedIn)
    Joi Ito (Director, MIT Media Lab; Chairman of the board, Creative Commons)
    Max Levchin (Founder/CEO, Slide; Co-Founder, PayPal)
    Marisa Mayer (VP Location & Local Services, Google)
    Dave McClure (Founder, 500 Startups & Partner, Founders Fund)
    John McKinley (Founder/CEO, OurParents)
    Jonathan Miller (CEO Digital Media, News Corp)
    Tim OReilly (Founder, OReilly Media)
    Sean Parker (Co-Founder, Napster, Plaxo, Causes, Airtime; Founding President, Facebook; Managing Partner, Founders Fund)
    Geoff Ralston (Former Chief Product Officer, Yahoo!; Former CEO, Lala)
    Terry Semel (Chairman/CEO, Windsor Media; Former Chairman/CEO, Yahoo!)
    Danny Sullivan (Founder, Search Engine Land)
    Peter Thiel (Managing Partner, Founders Fund; Chairman & Co-Founder, Palantir Technologies; Former Chairman, CEO and Co-Founder, PayPal)
    Jeff Weiner (CEO, LinkedIn)
    Michael Yanover (Business Development, Creative Artists Agency)
    Mark Zuckerberg (Founder/CEO, Facebook)

Public nominations are currently being accepted and reviewed via the TechFellow Awards website through February 17. Visit http://www.techfellows.com for more information and to submit a nomination.

About TechFellow Awards

The TechFellow Awards is a premier startup investment program and annual event that honors the people who make great innovation happen through excellence in high-tech entrepreneurship. Hosted by Founders Fund, TechCrunch and NEA, the TechFellow Awards provides up-and-coming technology innovators with $ 100,000 to build and invest in the next generation of startups. For more information, visit: http://www.techfellows.com/.

About TechCrunch

TechCrunch (http://www.techcrunch.com) is a leading technology media network dedicated to obsessively profiling and reviewing new Internet products and companies. Founded by Michael Arrington in 2005, TechCrunch and its network of websites reach millions of unique visitors each month. TechCrunch was acquired by AOL in 2011 and operates a global network of websites including dedicated properties in Europe and Japan. TechCrunch’s CrunchBase is an open database about startup companies, people, and investors. In addition to TechCrunch Disrupt, TechCrunch hosts a number of other recognized conferences and events, and various meet-ups worldwide, serving as community platforms for industry conversation and collaboration.

About Founders Fund

Founders Fund provides capital to transformational businesses run by world-class entrepreneurs. The San Francisco based venture capital firm invests at every stage in companies with revolutionary technologies. Companies the firm has backed include Facebook (partner Peter Thiel was Facebook’s first outside backer), SpaceX, Palantir Technologies, Spotify, Knewton, and ZocDoc.

About NEA

New Enterprise Associates, Inc. (NEA) is a leading venture capital firm focused on helping entrepreneurs build transformational businesses across multiple stages, sectors and geographies. With approximately $ 11 billion in committed capital, NEA invests in information technology, healthcare and energy technology companies at all stages in a companys lifecycle, from seed stage through IPO. The firm’s long track record of successful investing includes more than 170 portfolio company IPOs and more than 290 acquisitions, including investments in technology leaders like Data Domain, CareerBuilder, Diapers.com, Fusion-io, Groupon, Juniper, Macromedia, Playdom, Salesforce.com, and TiVo. In the U.S., NEA has offices in the Washington, D.C. metropolitan area; Menlo Park, California; and New York City. In addition, New Enterprise Associates (India) Pvt. Ltd. has offices in Bangalore and Mumbai, India and New Enterprise Associates (Beijing), Ltd. has offices i

San Francisco, CA (PRWEB) February 21, 2012

Recent trends suggest that the adoption of analytics across an organization represents a key opportunity to improve both business performance and CRM. How essential is it to invest in analytics to succeed in business?

The Advanced Analytics & Big Data Forum in San Francisco on April 25 & 26 will address this question through four key cross industry analytics functions:

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Text Analytics http://analytics.theiegroup.com/text
Advanced Analytics in the High-Tech Industry http://analytics.theiegroup.com/high-tech

By combining the focus of the individual tracks with the wider forum networking opportunities, the Advanced Analytics & Big Data Forum will create an innovative cross-industry thought sharing platform.

Additionally the forum will include deep dive breakout sessions, allowing attendees to discuss issues within analytics with peers and thought leaders in intimate interactive sessions.

Speakers across the summits include:

Director, Product Management, eBay
GVP, CRM, Ancestry
CTO, Archives.com
Director, Analytics, Expedia
Director, Global Business Analytics, HP
Vice President Audience Insights, Tivo
Director, Global IT – BI & Data Services, Electronic Arts
Executive Director, Research, AT&T Interactive

For more information contact David Barton at dbarton(at)theiegroup(dot)com

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Whether our products are delivered online, or in person, everything IEG produces reflects the company’s unshakeable belief in the power of information to spur innovation.

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One more hour till the 5 most beautiful men will be preforming on my tv screen! Thank the lord for TiVo or else I would cry. Stupid school. – by hipsterchic16 (kyrieeee(:)